Andrew Jackson DAME^[1]

1824 - 1885  (60 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson DAME
  Birth	4 Jul 1824	Waterboro, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  NTWY	Owner of Hotel Dam, Manager of Union Square Hotel and the downtown Astor House. Financier, philanthropist.-
  Occupation	Hotel manager
  _UID	3A5DFFD2FC3748168995FD5B419A204EB8E2
  Death	15 May 1885	New York, New York, New York
  Person ID	I347	main
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel DAME,   b. 4 Apr 1784, Waterboro, York, Maine d. 8 Mar 1872, Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Maine (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Miriam FERNALD,   b. 12 Aug 1785, Berwick, York, Maine d. 10 Apr 1852, Lowell, Penobscot, Maine (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1805	Berwick, York, Maine   [1]
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the book "Canfield" written by Alexander Gardiner in 1930, Andrew J Dam Jr. is mentioned living in New Bedford and attending The Middle Street School with his cousin Charles who was the same age. They lived on the same street and were related through Andrew J Dam Sr. cousin relationship with Charles Canfield's mother, Julia Aiken. The book also mentions Andrew J Dam Sr as a "prominent citizen who had succeeded William Canfield as proprietor of the Sheridan House" (pg 31). In 1864 the Dam's moved to NYC where the elder Dam bought the new Union Square Hotel (pg 34), which the author called an "ambitious hostelry that in uptown march of business bade fair to become a second Astor House".

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).